Systems and methods for robotic transport

US7787681B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · US

Inventors

• Jian Zhang · Brookline, US
• Alessio Salerno · Montréal, CA
• Nabil Simaan · Nashville, US
• Y. Lawrence Yao · New York, US
• Gerhard Randers-Pehrson · Ossining, US
• Guy Garty · Dobbs Ferry, US
• Aparajita Dutta · Waltham, US
• David Jonathan Brenner · New York, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 24, 2007
• Grant date: Aug 31, 2010
• Expiry date: Jul 3, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C40B60/12
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Systems and methods for robotic transport are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, robotic systems for transporting biological samples include: a plurality of capillary vessels, in which each capillary vessel can contain a biological sample from a population; a receptacle that can contain the plurality of capillary vessels; a centrifuge; a first robotic device that can transport the receptacle between an input module and the centrifuge; a second robotic device that can transport the receptacle between the centrifuge and a sample harvest location; a cutting device that can cut each of the plurality of capillary vessels; a multi-well plate having a plurality of wells arranged in an array; and a third robotic device that can transfer at least one portion of each of the plurality of biological samples from each of the plurality of capillary vessels to a corresponding well in the array.